Locos and rolling stock

Hatch for a Train Miniature reefer

Tue, 2019-04-30 11:02 — RMeyer

Does anyone know of a source for parts for HO scale Train Miniature parts? I am looking for a hatch for a reefer.

Displaying my passenger train

Sat, 2019-04-27 22:09 — Deemiorgos

My branch line terminus layout can only fit a short passenger train. So I got out all my cars and put them on the inglenook to display them and to photograph them.

I have no idea if the sleeper car and coaches are in the proper positions.

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Erie RR Consolidation 2-8-0 in Tonawanda, found on Ebay

Fri, 2019-04-26 04:36 — dwilliam1963

Purchased these photos on Ebay, thought I would share, both photos were taken in the Tonawanda area,  one is dated 1939, the other is not dated.  If anyone wants to share other photos, the more the merrier!

Peace, Bill

Interesting prototype, use for old cabooses

Tue, 2019-04-23 06:58 — IrishRover

I suspect that many of us have some cabooses that simply don't belong on the layout, collected in earlier, "That's neat--I'll buy it" times..We also don't want to get rid of them, or model them as rusted out derelicts.

This is a neat option:

https://railpictures.net/photo/694879/

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Broken Gear Question

Mon, 2019-04-22 07:44 — Jackh

I have an old Precision Scale HOn3 shay with a cracked gear. I have some ideas on what I need to do to replace it. That is not the issue.

A replacement was never made that I know of, so question is at one time there were some very good glues that were quaranted (sp?) to glue anything together. Would it be possible to use that stuff and fix it or is this just a visit to fantasy land on my part?

Thanks, Jack

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Thinner rubber cement

Sun, 2019-04-21 23:10 — kirkifer

I am going to try attaching some etched metal walkways with thinned rubber cement. It seems more than one person has recommended this.

How thin do I make the mix?

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Interesting Kitbashed Steamer to Model

Sat, 2019-04-20 03:51 — Chuck P

I saw this in an old RMC. An interesting kitbash on a 1:1 model.

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Tinting LEDs to achieve the warm white look

Thu, 2019-04-18 18:43 — bobmorning

Any thoughts on the best way to tint LEDs to achieve the warm white appearance.   Many of the surface mount LEDs, especially the 0602 nano types only come in "bright white".

I would like to tint them to get the incandescent look.

Repairing broken Athearn blue box locomotive shell mounts

Thu, 2019-04-18 17:31 — Solo

Has anyone tried repairing broken shell mounts on Athearn locomotives? The ones that snap into the fuel tanks to hold the body on. 


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